11 Social Events to Catch Next Week at CBC

We’re now mere days removed from the takeover of Portland, Ore. by more than 10,000 beer industry professionals, all coming from far and wide for the Brewers Association’s annual Craft Brewers Conference.

Inside the Oregon Convention Center next week, attendees will find some of the country’s preeminent industry advocates across the three tiers sharing their wisdom and trying to make sense of this booming trade from hop to truck to glass. Whether retail, distribution or production is your gambit, there will be something there for you. Earlier this week, we even highlighted nine of the seminars that most piqued our interests as information hounds.

While those are helpful and very likely the main reason you’re in attendance, it’s also important not to lose sight of the fact that CBC is, at its heart, about beer. And what is beer if not a vehicle for community? Aside from the myriad educational seminars, there are a number of social events scheduled throughout the week as well where you can shift focus from the business of beer to the drinking of beer.